Ahhhhhhh, I remember my first straight shave. I knew nothing about this site, did no research what so ever, and did something horrible; bought a cheap razor to have with. It ripped the hair out of my face sooooo good.

After a lot of time with the patching up the pores with tp and saying wtf, I decided to do a little more resarch on the topic. Figured out the problem and bought a good razor, strop, and hone and figured it out. I hope you will have better luck over the next few shaves as i did.

Hey, at least you got a semi decent shave in the first time tho right, more than i got.

I also wanted to add that if your razor has just been dulled by improper stroping, it might not so much need re honeing as much as being properly stopped on a pasted strop. While i wouldent recomend using ur nice new strop but mabey you can pick a cheap one up and a tube of paste or some CrOx powder. Good luck